John Carroll University Carroll Collected Masters Essays Theses, Essays, and Senior Honors Projects Spring 2016 THE PLASTIC CAMP Cierra Perry John Carroll University,
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[email protected]. THE PLASTIC CAMP A Creative Project Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies College of Arts & Sciences of John Carroll University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts By Cierra Chalice Perry 2016 Table of Contents Introduction 2-7 Ruby's Cattle Horn 8-11 Tea for the Living and Candles for the Dead 11-14 Transition 14-16 Arrival 16-19 Golden Robes 19-20 Solid 21-24 Satiate 24-27 The Doll House Room 28-31 Knit Me a Pretty Girl 31-34 Mother of Pearl 35-40 An Outing 41 Cheese Over Black 41-46 The Newspaper 46-48 Water Intervention 48-49 Company 49-51 Secrets Told 51-56 A Mother 56-58 Playing With Knives 58-60 Reflection 61 References 62 1 Introduction I have created this story to capture how human suffering is often contained, perpetuated, and reinforced by a cycle of fear and emotions that result from the psychological neurosis of humans themselves due to inescapable insidious reflections.